R 071425Z MAR 13
ALCGPSC 034/13
SUBJ: REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION IN OFFICER EVALUATION REPORTS (OER) -
POLICY CHANGE
A. Officer Accessions, Evaluations, and Promotions, COMDTINST
M1000.3, Ch.5
B. Coast Guard Drug and Alcohol Abuse Program, COMDTINST M1000.10,
Ch.1.C.5.c
C. Coast Guard Weight and Body Fat Standards Program Manual,
COMDTINST M1020.8H, Ch.3.B
1. The Assistant Commandant for Human Resources (CG-1) approved a
policy change that will impact any officer (active duty or reserve)
who receives an Alcohol (AI) or Drug Incident (DI) or is found not in
compliance with USCG weight and body fat standards. In these
instances, officers will receive a substandard mark (below a 4) on
their OER. This policy change will impact all future OERs starting
with those with a period of report that begins today.
2. Any officer who receives either an AI/DI or is not compliant with
USCG weight and body fat standards has not met the expected standards
of performance for the Health and Well-Being performance dimension.
Therefore, a mark of '4' or higher in the Health and Well-Being
performance dimension is no longer authorized. Officers who have an
approved medical abeyance for weight from PSC-Personnel Services
Division (PSD) are excluded from this requirement.
3. Any officer who receives an AI/DI has not met the expected
standards of performance for the Judgment performance dimension.
Therefore, a mark of '4' or higher in the Judgment performance
dimension is no longer authorized.
4. OER Rating Chains may determine whether substandard performance of
this nature should impact other OER performance dimensions (i.e.
Responsibility, Professional Presence, etc.).
5. The date the Commanding Officer determines an AI or DI occurred is
the determinant for which OER period should be impacted, not the
actual date of the incident. For example, a CDR receives a DUI on 22
March and is issued an AI memo on 12 April. If the CDR is on a
regular annual OER submission schedule, the AI shall be reflected in
the next OER cycle which starts on 1 April.
6. Officers found non-compliant with USCG weight and body fat
standards shall have this documented in the OER period in which
non-compliance occurred (i.e. April weigh-in, October weigh-in,
weigh-in for pre-Resident Training, weigh-in for a reservists ordered
to active duty, etc).
7. All additional AI, DI and weight and body fat reporting
requirements outlined in Refs (b) and (c) remain in effect. This
policy change will be incorporated into a future update of Ref (a).
8. Questions regarding this policy change can be directed to CAPT
Kevin Gavin, Chief, Officer Evaluations Branch (OPM-3) at (703) 872-
6468. Rating Chains are strongly encouraged to contact any member of
the OPM-3 or Reserve Component Category Management (RPM-1) staffs
prior to submitting an OER for validation that reflects this policy
change.
9. Internet release is authorized.
10. RDML Dave Callahan, Commander, Personnel Service Center, sends.